Re: [gentoo-user] What causes a package to be brought in during a big emerge?

2009-09-27 Thread Alex Schuster
Andrew Lowe writes: > So after that rambling intro, is there a package/utility that will tell > me, when in this situation, what package needs > "oldPackageNoLongerNeeded" and why it is being brought into my emerge. Try these: - add -t to your emerge -pNuD world command - emerge --depcean

Re: [gentoo-user] What causes a package to be brought in during a big emerge?

2009-09-25 Thread Dale
Andrew Lowe wrote: > Hi all, > I've done an: > > "emerge --pretend -NuD world" > > and whilst reviewing the output, it lists an old package that I played > around with in the past but now no longer need. In turn I do: > > "emerge -C oldPackageNoLongerNeeded" > > the package is removed and I in

Re: [gentoo-user] What causes a package to be brought in during a big emerge?

2009-09-25 Thread Andrew Lowe
On 26/09/2009 9:08 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Samstag 26 September 2009, Andrew Lowe wrote: Hi all, I've done an: "emerge --pretend -NuD world" [snip] ... ... [snip] p.s. Tried Google on this and just couldn't seem to get the right keywords o find anything. maybe it is

Re: [gentoo-user] What causes a package to be brought in during a big emerge?

2009-09-25 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Samstag 26 September 2009, Andrew Lowe wrote: > Hi all, > I've done an: > > "emerge --pretend -NuD world" > > and whilst reviewing the output, it lists an old package that I played > around with in the past but now no longer need. In turn I do: > > "emerge -C oldPackageNoLongerNeeded" >

[gentoo-user] What causes a package to be brought in during a big emerge?

2009-09-25 Thread Andrew Lowe
Hi all, I've done an: "emerge --pretend -NuD world" and whilst reviewing the output, it lists an old package that I played around with in the past but now no longer need. In turn I do: "emerge -C oldPackageNoLongerNeeded" the package is removed and I in turn do another "emerge --pre